As of October 31, the water levels of the Mississippi River in Memphis are are at minus 8.2 feet.
A sunken casino boat has been uncovered in the Mississippi as severe drought pushes water levels in the Memphis section of the river to record lows.
Unlike many of the nautical discoveries in shrunken bodies of water, this boat only sank in 2021, having been overwhelmed by aThe boat, named"The Diamond Lady", was in operation during the 1990s, before being taken out of commission as a floating casino in 1999 and docked in the Riverside Park Marina in Memphis, Captain William Lozier, the president of Memphis Riverboats, told Action News 5.
Stock image of a steamship on the Mississippi. A sunken casino boat has been uncovered in Memphis due to the Mississippi's drought-driven receding water levels.The Mississippi River, the second-longest river in the U.S., has faced declines in water levels due to the drought and heat waves affecting the country this summer, along with countless other reservoirs and rivers.the Memphis section of the Mississippi reached record lows last week, with the water level dropping to 10.
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